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effeminating

effeminating is the present participle and gerund of effeminate.

Meaning of effeminate

Verb

effeminate (third-person singular simple present effeminates, present participle effeminating, simple past and past participle effeminated)

  1. (archaic, nonstandard, transitive) To make womanly; to unman.
    • the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.134
  2. (intransitive) To become womanly.

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Questions about effeminating

What is effeminating the present participle and gerund of?
Effeminating is the present participle and gerund of effeminate.

Words near effeminating in the dictionary

  1. effeminate
  2. effeminated
  3. effeminately
  4. effeminateness
  5. effeminates
  6. effeminating
  7. effemination
  8. effeminations
  9. effeminatize
  10. effeminatized
  11. effeminatizes

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